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How to Figure Out How the New CRA Affects Your Bank

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I’ve written at least a dozen articles about the dramatic impact the new CRA is going to have on banks. Until now, only about 1.2% of bank CRA examinations end with a failing grade. But, by the estimates of the regulators, if...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Benchmarks Beyond January 2024 - 2024 Update on the Cessation of CDOR and SIBOR

As we kick off 2024, the focus on the unavailability of certain benchmarks continues on. To refresh, we have already seen the benchmark for US Dollars generally replaced with the Secured Overnight Financing rate as...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

What Are the Alternatives? April 2023 - Current State of Play of Alternative Currency Benchmark Rates

As we finish the last season of LIBOR replacement, the fund finance market is busy amending our loan documents to include SOFR as the interest rate benchmark for U.S. dollar loans. While the cessation date for USD LIBOR is...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: Federal Reserve Issues Final Rule Implementing LIBOR Act

On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) adopted a final rule (the “Final Rule”) to implement the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”). The Final Rule follows...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

London, Here We Come - June 2022 | Issue No. 181 - LSTA Publishes New Forms of Term SOFR Amendments

The LIBOR transition process continues to roll along. New transactions are (mostly) being closed without using LIBOR any more, and many legacy transactions are naturally transitioning when refinanced or renewed this year....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Be Bold - January 2022 | Issue No. 159 - Four Bold Predictions for 2022

Hitting the year-end deadlines was hard. Your kind words eased that pain like a week’s vacation on a remote island with no wifi. I have saved every single one of those emails, texts and LinkedIn messages and filed them away...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Are Financial Institutions Creating a Corporate Governance Strategy to handle the End of Libor?

The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) expires at the end of 2021.  Used since the early 1980s, LIBOR is the most referenced global short-term interest rate, and a “standard benchmark”....more

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LIBOR and the transition to SONIA: compounding the problem?

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In 2012, the Wheatley Review recommended reform rather than replacement of LIBOR, on the basis that a transition to a new benchmark would pose an unacceptably high risk of financial instability. Reform came in the form of a...more

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